USN · CVE
AfloatCasablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-84. She flew at Lingayen, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, with over 1,200 sorties off Okinawa from 7 April to 11 May 1945.
| Class | Casablanca class |
|---|---|
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
| Hull | CVE-84 |
| Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
| Launched | 1944-02-04 |
| Commissioned | 1944-03-15 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war with three battle stars. Struck in 1958 and scrapped in 1959. |
| Armament (class) | Escort carrier. Flight deck over a merchant hull, small island set aft, one 5-inch gun. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
USS Shamrock Bay (CVE-84) underway off Norfolk, Virginia, on 11 November 1944. U.S. National Archives photo #80-G-289885, via Navsource. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Shamrock Bay (CVE-84) underway on 11 November 1944 Starboard Shot.jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · escorted the logistics group for the Iwo Jima landings from 16 February 1945; not sunk
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · flight operations from 7 April to 11 May 1945, over 1,200 sorties; not sunk
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